Spool-holder



(No Model.)

B. N. PAUL. SPOOL HOLDER.

Patented Sept. 1, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE,

EDWARD N. PAUL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,040, datedSeptember 1, 1896.

Application filed March 31,1896. Serial No. 585,581. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD N. PAUL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSpool-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in spool-holders,and has for its object to provide a device of this description which maybe attached to any ordinary workbasket or like receptacle, and when soattached will serve to hold a number of spools to prevent them frombecoming entangled with other articles placed in the basket, so as tofacilitate the selection of the desired thread, and when so selected alength may be drawn from either of the spools without removing it fromthe holder.

WVith these ends in view my invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafterset forth,and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction and operation in detail, referring by letter to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective of a basket havin g myimprovementapplied thereto, showing two spools carried thereby; Fig. 2,an enlarged side elevation of my improvement; Fig. 8, a plan viewthereof; Fig. 4, an enlarged detail view of the connection by which theholder is attached to the clamp, and Fig. 5 is a slightly-modified formof the clamp by which the device is attached to a basket.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a clamp, preferably formed of asingle piece of spring-wire so bent as to provide an eye B and a forkcomposed of the prongs C, which latter are adapted to spring over theedge of a basket or other receptacle, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and beretained thereon by the resiliency of the wire of which the clamp iscomposed.

D is the holder proper, and this I also prefer to construct of a singlepiece of wire so bent as to form a double eye E, which is adapted toengage with the eye 13, so that the holder may be swung in a verticalposition.

In forming this holder I prefer to run two sections of the wire parallelwith each other to produce the eye E and body F, and form upon theouter. end thereof a loop G, which is spear-shaped, so that the spoolmay be passed onto the body by forcing it over this loop, the sides ofwhich will be depressed during the passage of the spool and will againspring outward to prevent the accidental withdrawal of said spool.

In order to prevent the body from swinging sidewise, and thus leavingits proper po- 6 3 sition relative to the basket, ears II are formedupon the rear portion of the eye E, one on each side of the twosections, in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 4, and these cars, whenthe holder is in position, embrace one side of the eye B, as clearlyshown, thus limiting the holder to a' vertical swinging movementin oneplane.

In use this device is attached to one edge of a basket, as beforedescribed, and the outer end of the holder rests upon the opposite sideof the basket, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, in which position the spoolswill be held horizontally upon the body, thus permitting easy access toany of said spools for the selection of the thread desired, and whichwill also permit the baling off of a given length of thread withoutinterfering with the remaining spools or without removing the one usedfrom the holder, as will be readily understood. This holder may be ofsuch a length as to contain a number of spools, but in practice it ispreferable that the length thereof shall be in proportion to the size ofthe basket to which it is to be attached. 0

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the clamp I is adapted to be woveninto the meshes of the basket, as but one end of the material from whichsaid clamp is made projects downward, and this material is preferably athin 9 5 strip of sheet metal, the opposite end of which is turnedupward, as indicated at J, for the reception of a spool, as clearlyshown.

Other slight modifications might be made in the construction heredescribed without 10o departing from the spirit of my invention, and Itherefore do not wish to be limited to this exact construction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulis 1. In a device of the character described, a clamp having a loop onone end and a holder having an eye and ears formed thereon said eyeadapted to surround one side of the loop of the clamp and the earsadapted to embrace the other side thereof, as and for the purposedescribed.

2. In a device of the character described, a clamp having a loop on oneend, aholder composed of a single piece of wire bent to form twoparallel sections having a spear-shaped loop on one end and an eye onthe other said eye adapted to engage the loop of the clamp and having anear formed on each section to embrace the other side of said loop, asand for the purpose described.

3. The herein-described combination of the clamp A having a spring-forkadapted to engage the edge of a basket and an eye B formed therewith, aholder composed of a body, an eye E formed therewith, ears formed withsaid eye adapted to embrace one side of the eye B to prevent thesidewise swinging of said holder, and a looped head G, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDVVARD N. PAUL.

IVitnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMSON, MARK BUFORD.

